Coy Bryant, carbon dioxide production manager for Kinder Morgan, goes over a map in his office north of Cortez, that shows the carbon dioxide leases that Kinder Morgan holds in Montezuma and Dolores counties. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
A drilling rig sets up to tap a carbon dioxide field located about 25 miles north of Cortez. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
A drilling rig sets up to tap a carbon dioxide field located about 25 miles north of Cortez. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
Steve Garner, drill rig safety director, looks over a drilling rig that is in the process of setting up to tap a carbon dioxide field located about 25 miles north of Cortez. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
A drilling rig sets up to tap a carbon dioxide field located about 25 miles north of Cortez.
A drilling rig sets up to tap a carbon dioxide field located about 25 miles north of Cortez. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
With the demand for carbon dioxide increasing, Kinder Morgan is expanding its compressing facility located about 25 miles north of Cortez.
With the demand for carbon dioxide increasing, Kinder Morgan is expanding its compressing facility that Coy Bryant, carbon dioxide production manager for Kinder Morgan, is approaching about 25 miles north of Cortez. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
With the demand for CO2 increasing Kinder Morgan is expanding its compressing facility about 25 miles north of Cortez.
With the demand for CO2 increasing Kinder Morgan is expanding its compressing facility about 25 miles north of Cortez. The giant wall is a new feature that helps dampen noise. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
Eli Maryboy, with Saulsbury Industries, pulls wire at the carbon dioxide compressing facility about 25 miles north of Cortez. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
Coy Bryant, carbon dioxide production manager for Kinder Morgan, left, John Mickel, project manager with Saulsbury Industries, center, and Chris Millican, construction superintendent with Kinder Morgan, talk about the progress of construction at the carbon dioxide compressing facility about 25 miles north of Cortez. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
Jeremy Morse, with Saulsbury Industries, works on the expansion and upgrades to the Kinder Morgan compressing facility about 25 miles north of Cortez. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald
Coy Bryant, carbon dioxide production manager for Kinder Morgan, explains the operation of the compressing facility located about 25 miles north of Cortez. JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald